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Erase the Patriarchy! 9.20 UHell Event

Online N/A, Portland

Join University of Hell Press and anthology editor Isobel O'Hare for two Zoom-based launch events in celebration of Erase the Patriarchy: An Anthology of Erasure Poetry. Erasure artists will display their work on-screen and talk about their process. There will be time at the end for Q&A. The webinar ID for both events is 841-0632-8517. We look forward to seeing you! 9.20 Event Lineup Marcella Prokop Tara Campbell Sarah Lyn Rogers Rachel Neff Krista Cox Maggie Rosenau Laura Davis Addie Tsai Andrea Avery Kegan Gaspar

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Kim Johnson & Ibi Zoboi

Online N/A, Portland

Every week, 17-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time — her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens. The police arrive in the night, and Tracy’s older brother, Jamal, goes from being a bright, promising track star to a “thug” on the run, accused of killing a white girl. Determined to save her brother, Tracy investigates what really happened between Jamal and Angela down at the Pike. But will Tracy and her family survive the uncovering of the skeletons of their Texas town’s racist history that still haunt the present? Kim Johnson’s This Is My America (Random House)…

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Light Sleeper Release Party

Online N/A, Portland

Light Sleeper: Poems is the newest poetry collection by Coleman Stevenson. Please join us for a virtual release party, at which Coleman will read from the book, answer questions, and perform bibliomancy with the book itself! This is a FREE event. RSVP and pre-registration required! Access the registration page here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkfu2qrT4sHdG05oHAjEtgel5ZlkbBg9s9 Coleman Stevenson is the author of Breakfast: 43 Poems (Reprobate/GobQ Books, 2015), The Accidental Rarefication of Pattern #5609 (Bedouin Books, 2012), and a number of books and decks for divination through her company The Dark Exact. See more about her tarot and fine art work at www.colemanstevenson.com.

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